iPhone 4S: Worth buying or not?

Its been a while since iPhone 4S hit the stores. Although we were expecting an iPhone 5 but instead got the iPhone 4S.

Is it an interim model to buy time for iPhone 5?

Is it worth an upgrade?

or should you wait for the complete iPhone upgrade ?

Lets find out!

What differentiates iPhone 4S from iPhone 4?

Design

No! We have NOT mirrored the left image!

Well, as you can see and cannot see, the iPhone 4S looks exactly as the iPhone 4!

Same design and same buttons!

Although, we did see a change. The new iPhone 4S weighs 140g, that is 3 grams heavier than iPhone 4! WoW!

Hardware

Here we see a nice and welcome change.

iPhone 4/4S

                         iPhone 4S                      iPhone 4

Processor           1Ghz Cortex A9                           1Ghz Cortex A8
                             Dual core                                   Single Core

Chipset               Apple A5                                     Apple A4
Graphics             PowerVR SGX543MP2                    PowerVR SGX535

As you could have noted, we have a faster 3G but still no true LTE speeds, probably Apple reserved that feature for iPhone 5.

The major improvement is in the processor. Now we have an A5 chip over the older A4 and a Dual Core processor. This is a welcome change as all high end smartphones are going gaga over dual cores while few are moving towards quad core! (HTC One). The CPU-GPU-Chipset combo brings a decent jump in the performance. Also, now we see the iPhone doing full HD 1080p video recording!

What disappoints us is the screen size. Apple decided to stick with their 3.5 inch Retina Display when the world is seeing 5.3 inches HD Super AMOLED and 4 inch screens have become a standard size for high end smartphones.

Software

iPhone 4S brings in iOS5. This new OS can also be installed on iPhone 4 and 3GS. So, what's the big deal?

Well, there are certain exclusive features like "SIRI"

"Say a command?SIRI come to my iPhone 4.Sorry. Buy yourself an iPhone 4S!Damn!"

Thats right. No SIRI on older devices. But we are happy to see that Apple is still supporting its older devices like 3GS. Android software using companies like Samsung are good at forgetting their devices very early.

In a nutshell

Final Verdict: Should you buy?

The iPhone 4S is a very impressive device, but we believe iPhone 4S is something that iPhone 4 should have been. Now its specifications do not have a cutting edge over its competitors, its just one of the smartphones. When quad-cores will hit the market, iPhone 4S will be obsolete, just like iPhone 4 with single core in the era of dual cores.

If you can live without SIRI, and you already have an iPhone 4, we suggest you to wait for the iPhone 5.

If you don't have an iPhone, go get a smartphone"